Post Modernity

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movement of people

  • changes society= technology

  • capitalism needs it, wars mean people were asked or were forced to move

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risk and uncertainty

  • ICT makes us more aware, social media can instantly spread info

  • climate change, movement of people leads to R&U = conflict?

  • cap causes risk and uncertainty as jobs become more uncertain, people move to cheaper countries

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consumerism

  • rise of global capitalism fuelled by ICT, movement of people, hunt for profit

  • work longer hours, want more ÂŁ to consume things that make rich richer

  • more we consume= climate change= risk and uncertainty

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globalisation

led to/ been caused by several changes:

  1. technological changes- IT

  2. economic changes- growth in TNCs

  3. political changes- companies influence politics

  4. culture and identity- globalisation, become more multicultural however we also see people become more extreme in their culture to protect it against multiculturalism

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how does PM impact sociological theory?

Foucault 79: who has the power to decide what is right, wrong, good, bad?

focuses on knowledge and who has the power to claim this

argued truth is relative

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consequences of anti-foundationism

  1. death of the enlightenment project: argued this is a collection of people’s opinions e.g. Durkheim’s suicide study

  2. metanarratives are no longer taken as true e.g. religion, science, sociological theories